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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Malvar in Philippines


Earthquake location 14.0279S, 121.1386WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Malvar in Philippines. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 12:24:20 / January 12, 2020 @ 12:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.1386 East, latitude 14.0279 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 20:24:20 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007esq. Id of event: us60007esq.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Manila (c. 10 444 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Quezon City (c. 2 761 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Pasig City (c. 617 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Antipolo (c. 549 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Balagtas, Guyong, Bulacan.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km SW of Malvar, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.1386° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0279° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km SW of Malvar, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-12 12:24:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-29 11:13:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.209 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60007esq Id of event.
Event Code 60007esq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007esq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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